Who Was Dodi Fayed's Girlfriend Before Dating Lady Diana?
Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana were one of the most followed couples with a lot of media attention. But the Princess was not Fayed's only romance. Before dating Diana, Fayed was in a relationship with an American model named Kelly Fisher. In season five of 'The Crown,' Erin Richards plays the role of Fisher, so who is Kelly Fisher?
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00:00 Dodie Fayed and Princess Diana were one of the most closely followed couples with a lot
00:05 of media attention.
00:07 But the princess was not Fayed's only romance.
00:12 Before dating Diana, Fayed was in a relationship with an American model named Kelly Fisher.
00:18 In season 5 of The Crown, Erin Richards plays the role of Fisher, so who is Kelly Fisher?
00:24 Fisher was born in Louisville, Kentucky, where she lived with her family for several years
00:29 before moving to Canada due to her father's work.
00:32 There, she got a job as a model while attending high school.
00:37 After graduating, she enrolled in college for two semesters before leaving her studies
00:42 to model full-time.
00:44 As a model, she was successful modeling for Marie Claire magazine as well as Armani, La
00:50 Perla, and Victoria's Secret.
00:53 Fisher met Dodie Fayed in July 1996, and they quickly started a serious relationship.
01:00 Fisher later stated that Fayed had started a relationship with Diana at the same time
01:05 as their own relationship.
01:07 Fisher told Vanity Fair that she would wait on one of Fayed's yachts while he was on another
01:11 yacht seducing Diana.
01:14 In the evening, he would return and be with her, but Fisher didn't know he was being unfaithful
01:18 until she saw photos of the couple in the Sunday Mirror.
01:22 Fisher's lawyer said that Fayed was engaged to Fisher, and they were supposed to get married
01:26 in August 1997, having the engagement ring as proof and a testimony from his mother.
01:33 According to Fisher, Fayed had promised her $500,000 to leave her modeling career and
01:39 be with him all day.
01:41 The lawsuit sought $440,000-plus damages for breaking the marriage contract and not keeping
01:47 his word.
01:48 A few days after announcing the lawsuit, Fayed and Princess Diana died in the 1997
01:54 Paris crash.
01:56 This caused Fisher to decide to drop the lawsuit.
02:00 Her lawyer publicly stated, "Out of respect for the tragedy and tremendous loss the Fayed
02:06 family has suffered, she has authorized me as her attorney to dismiss her lawsuit against
02:11 Mr. Fayed.
02:13 Although she does have the legal right to pursue the lawsuit against his estate after
02:17 his death, she has voluntarily chosen not to exercise that right."
02:23 After a few years, she met her current husband, Mikhail Mavshina, a professional pilot, with
02:28 whom she had a daughter, and they moved back to the USA.
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